Oliver Tickell
Kyoto II:
How To Manage the Global Greenhouse
London: Zed, 2008, 124pp, £10.99. ISBN 978-1848130258
Oliver Tickell’s book contains an excellent critique of current climate policies, such as the Kyoto Protocol and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and of proposals such as Domestic Tradable Quotas and Contraction and Convergence. Tickell then describes his own policy, which he has termed Kyoto2, although it bears little relation to the Kyoto Protocol. It is a proposal for climate policy post-2012, when the Kyoto Protocol comes to an end, and is a radical departure, in that it auctions permits direct to energy companies, rather than have fossil fuels controlled by governments. In a globalised world, where around one third of China’s emissions are from export industries, this makes a lot of sense. In auctioning permits to fossil fuel companies it is similar to Peter Barnes’ Cap and Dividend scheme (aka ‘Sky Trust’), except that Barnes’s revenues are largely distributed to the population on an equal per capita basis, whereas Tickell’s are used solely for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Kyoto2 also has its own website www.kyoto2.org.
Chris Keene
Kyoto II:
How To Manage the Global Greenhouse
London: Zed, 2008, 124pp, £10.99. ISBN 978-1848130258
Oliver Tickell’s book contains an excellent critique of current climate policies, such as the Kyoto Protocol and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and of proposals such as Domestic Tradable Quotas and Contraction and Convergence. Tickell then describes his own policy, which he has termed Kyoto2, although it bears little relation to the Kyoto Protocol. It is a proposal for climate policy post-2012, when the Kyoto Protocol comes to an end, and is a radical departure, in that it auctions permits direct to energy companies, rather than have fossil fuels controlled by governments. In a globalised world, where around one third of China’s emissions are from export industries, this makes a lot of sense. In auctioning permits to fossil fuel companies it is similar to Peter Barnes’ Cap and Dividend scheme (aka ‘Sky Trust’), except that Barnes’s revenues are largely distributed to the population on an equal per capita basis, whereas Tickell’s are used solely for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Kyoto2 also has its own website www.kyoto2.org.
Chris Keene
Jerry Silver
Global Warming and Climate Change DeMYSTIFIED:
A Self-Teaching Guide
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008, 289pp, £12.99.
ISBN 978-0071502405
This book is billed as a ‘self-teaching guide’ and its format and structure are those of a textbook. However, the style is chatty and, while I am in no position to judge the accuracy of the content, it is authoritative and compelling. The perspective is that of a concerned scientist and there is a decided absence of political nuance, but the author has done well in providing an informative guide to the issue of climate change without hype or hysteria.
Global Warming and Climate Change DeMYSTIFIED:
A Self-Teaching Guide
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008, 289pp, £12.99.
ISBN 978-0071502405
This book is billed as a ‘self-teaching guide’ and its format and structure are those of a textbook. However, the style is chatty and, while I am in no position to judge the accuracy of the content, it is authoritative and compelling. The perspective is that of a concerned scientist and there is a decided absence of political nuance, but the author has done well in providing an informative guide to the issue of climate change without hype or hysteria.
